Do you have a hip new band, but no one pays enough attention to you
because you're not controversial
enough? Do you think that you've got the rock but are sadly lacking the punk?

What you need is a name that will attract attention, a name that can show the world how punk you think you are. With that in mind, we've provided a suggested band name list for up and coming musicians to browse through for a name that really fits their attitude.

Unit 731 Sounds like any of your typical So-Cal three number punk
bands, but it was really the Japanese Army unit in World War II that
performed medical experiments on the locals in Manchuria. Curiously, not
one of the doctors ever lost their ability to practice medicine or face
censure, even though they committed crimes comparable to the Nazi doctors.
Japan's government only acknowledged the crimes of this unit a few
years ago. They had memorials built to them previously, however.

Idi Amin and the New Bohemians Sure, it's a spoof of a late
eighties band that left a lot to be desired, but naming your band after a
Ugandan dictator who ate his enemies and killed hundreds of thousands of
his countrymen is controversial, and
he deserves some credit.

The Camaro Rouge The Khmer Rouge rank up there with the Nazis as
the most horrific genociders of the twentieth century, and the Khmer
Rouge, with death totals up to a third of Cambodia's population according
to some estimates, are the hands down winners for percentage killed.
Note: If you choose this band name, you must have a lead
singer named Pol Pothead.

Poppa Doc and Baby Doc Perfect for a hip hop duo, the Duvaliers,
father and son team of Hatian dictators, not only grafted billions from
their country, but used their status as black magic Voodoo priests to
terrify their enemies. If you are fortunate enough to have a backup band,
I suggest naming it the "Ton-Ton Macoute" after the Duvaliers' voodoo
militia!

Brothaz # 1 In the mid-70's, reports began to come out of Cambodia
of a mysterious organization that was wrecking havoc in the countryside,
and it's mysterious leader known only as Brother Number One. This man was
so mysterious, his own siblings had no idea who he was. Later, although
this was still not his birth name, he gained worldwide notoriety as Pol
Pot.

Japanese Red Army A name that should fit in well with anime fans and kitsch culture in general, this largely defunct terrorist organization was a force to be reckoned with during the mid-70's until most of them killed each other off in inter-organizational "troubles". Some members are still alive and active, though, and are believed to be living in Syria. Interestingly, the Japanese Red Army were possible suspects immediately after the September 11th attacks.

Star Chamber The Star Chamber was an extra-judicial court in England that answered to no one but the King, if that. Its trials were held in secret, and the accused had very little recourse for defending themselves or appealing their sentence. While there has not been an actual Star Chamber in a few hundred years, it has come to mean any secret tribunal that is beholden to no authority. This name is perfect for an emo band.

Donald Dachau On second thought, maybe you shouldn't use this one. This will offend absolutely everyone, from the Disney Corporation to the Anti-Defamation League.

My Kid is an Honors Student at the School of The Americas This one is a little long, but there was a trend of long names a while back, so it's all right. The School of the Americas is a school located in Georgia where America trains Central American military units in the finer arts of terrorizing the populace, using techniques we learned from SS guys America imported after World War II. Useful things, like how to kill a village with your teeth. Manuel Noriega and the El Salvadoran death squads are only a few of the distinguished alumni of this school. As an added bonus, it mocks those annoying "Honors Student" bumper stickers.

Any of these names will serve you two excellent purposes: One, they're
catchy, and will impress the more ignorant members of your audience by how
creative you are, and Two, anyone who realizes just what they mean will be
offended and try to bring you down. That will only bring more fortune and
fame to you because of the controversy, even if you have
absolutely no talent (2Live Crew is an excellent example. You can learn
more about them at your local library).

CmdrTaco got his name from a Dave Barry article... Of course, I got mine from a Simpsons episode, so I guess I shouldn't be talking.-------
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Obviously (1.00 / 1) (#4)

by Anonymous Reader on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 04:49:57 PM PST

This person doesnt know nil about actual punk rock.
Punk rock is anti establishment and anti status quto, and they wont be using names of people who have killed millions of their own countrymen and not even REGRET it (aka Pol Pot).
And to call the lead singer "Pol Pothead" is a insult to the pacifistic lives of most pot users.
Punk rock is about reforming the system, not using convtiversal names of ruthless murders in order to be "against the grain"

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All that these efforts to politicise punk have done is reveal punkers for what they are: Morons looking for validation. The politics espoused by punk rockers like Jello Biafra are invariably silly, and the undertone of misogyny in the punk rock scene indicates that merely being "anti-status quo" doesn't mean that you have any good alternatives to offer. I just means that you're a spoiled brat looking for easy answers and scapegoats.

um (none / 0) (#19)

by Anonymous Reader on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 12:27:42 PM PST

Tell me which song of the dead kennedys that is off of Mr "anyone who has a AMD cpu and uses Lunix in a hacker"?

the song name is.... (none / 0) (#21)

by Anonymous Reader on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 12:45:41 PM PST

its from the song "Holiday in cambodia"
"Is a holiday in Cambodia
Where people dress in black
A holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll kiss ass or crack

My old band actually played with the Brian Jonestown Massacre. They're not really a punk band (more like early Stones-esque brit-pop), but they're hella good. They're obsessed with the "Mick and Keith killed him!" scenario.

Fuck off and die. Thanks.-------
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Excelent article (none / 0) (#11)

by Anonymous Reader on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 10:27:11 PM PST

Based on the name alone, I would listen to any band called "Idi Amin and the New Bohemians."

Besides being a crazed dictator and mass murderor Amin is an extremely flamboyant person. He speaks 5 or 7 languages fluently. He is a war hero. He is a sports hero (boxing). He drives fast cars (Not so much these days as he used to). He is a great cook. He has great parties. He did all this despite being born to a poor familly and only having a second grade education.

Amin adored Adolf Hitler and tried to emulate him in many ways. Mostly genocide... One other thing that he did was have his oposition beheaded. Then he would have the heads placed around his table at meal time where he could converse with them.

Eventually Amin was kicked out of the country because he tried to invade Tanzania. His successor, Museveni, was more brutal but less mad. Also the successor didn't invade any countries except for a little genocide in Ruanda and Burundi.

The thing that helped Amin stay in power for so long was his private army of 15000 soldiers. It's not totally clear how he funded it. America sent some money to help him fight communism. Probably most of the money came from Muslim supporters countries.

Altogether, Amin killed 200,000 people during his presidency.

These days Idi Amin lives comfortably in Saudi Arabia.

Anyone who has not watched the film Raid on Entebbe should do it right now. It tells the real life story about a plane hijacked in Uganda in 1976. Yaphet Kotto who played Idi Amin did a great job.

Punk as Fuck (5.00 / 2) (#13)

by Anonymous Reader on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 11:30:38 PM PST

Good punk rock names should relate to the fundamental principles of punk. The following are band names stemming from these principles:

Punk is shocking: mohawks, piercings, black leather, swastikas. Punk rock is a big middle finger waved proudly in the face of society. It follows from this that a punk rock band's name should offend and annoy straight-arrow types. A good example of this type of name is: Heil Hitler Murder Murder Suicide Hooray For Al-Quieda Fuck You All Twice With A Curling Iron Set On High We Fuck Children and Set Puppies on Fire Just To Hear Them Shriek . There, that covers most of the bases.

Punk is conservative: the basic punk rock sound, pose, and attitude has not changed in a quarter of a century. Punk rock is a lovingly preserved and perpetuated tradition, like Hula dancing or building Shaker furniture. A band name that pays respectful homage to punk rock's status as cherished museum relic would be: BHT (a preservative, get it?)

Punk is conformist: everyone knows punk rock survives because it imparts a vital sense of belonging to the kids who can't hack it the normal high school social groups. Accordingly, punk rock kids all dress, talk, and act like each other in order to fit in with the subculture. This also explains the reason all punk rock records sound alike. A punk band name that acknowledges this important fact would be The Same or possibly The Clone Rangers, though the latter is kind of dorky.

The apotheosis of Punk: given the defining characteristics of punk: self-righteousness, conformity, opposition to mainstream society, preservation of tradition, aesceticism (straight-edge) and rejection of materialism, it is easy to see that punk rock and fundamentalist Christianity go hand-in-hand. The present profusion of Christian punk bands is proof of this. Any true punk band should thus have a name reflecting the Christian beliefs that so perfectly reinforce the punk rock tradition. For example: Moshing For Jesus or Jumpin' Jack Chick.

So remember: Punk's not dead, on the third day it rose again, and will return to cull the worthy from the unworthy as with wheat from chaff.

time to give a Newtonian demonstration - of a bullet, its mass and its acceleration.
-- MC Hawking

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